Betty's corner of the world: October 2011

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

A few more Halloween pictures

I love old photo albums ...

I glued a Halloween picture on this one to use as a

Guest Book.

Happy Halloween <:^)

Monday, October 24, 2011

Witch's Brew Garden Party 2011

Tote bag door prizes..made by 'me'. <:^)

Black Hat Society Hat box "cake"

Witch's Banquet Table

The cones were filled with yummy

caramel corn

made by my daughter Julie and

spider necklaces made by my niece Jaime.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Blue and White

I love my red and yellow .... but

There's somethng about blue and white
that is soo pretty to my eye.

A big "thank you" to my niece Jaime for helping

me take down all these dishes, washing all of them

and then putting them back up.

It takes a lot of trips up and down the ladder to do these shelves ...

so it doesn't get done very often.

I guess they're good for another year...lol

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Halloween bag

I made a bunch of bags / purses

as prizes at my Witch's Brew Party.

This was my first attempt at transferring pictures

from paper to fabric..It's a fun project.

Help decorating for Halloween

Just had to share a couple pictures of my living room
Two of my grand daughters come over to "help me" decorate..

They emptied a few boxes and "left to get burgers" ...LOL
Thanks Jaime and Natalie.

We didn't get much done ..but it was fun.

It looks a little better today ..I'll post some pictures after I clean it all up.
<:^)

Saturday, October 1, 2011

You can transfer prints from paper onto clear shelf paper...I left some of the clear shelf paper around these crows because the clear part stays sticky .. To do this just cut a piece of clear shelf paper the size of the image and stick it onto the print.. sticky side to printed side of the image.. on the paper side, rub or burnish it well onto the shelf paper ... then soak it in water for about 10 minutes .. then with your fingers rub off the paper from the back.. I put it on a flat surface and rub it with my wet fingertips .. you will have to wet it a few times ..this takes a little time.. Then lay it out to dry .. it will be sticky again after it's dry.

This picture was taken from the inside of my office looking out the window.

I got this iron basket at a yard sale a couple weeks ago .. the gal wanted to through the grass away for me...I'm glad I got it before she did cuz it made a perfect nest for my crows. <:^)

If you look really close you will see some black netting I got at a yard sale..It was perfect for 'hanging' birds from it ..

Decopodged skeletons on a 'welcome' board..

and on a dollar yard sale clock.

I hung tons of crows with fishing line from the ceiling, so when they swing around in the breeze it looks like they're flying... The crows were printed on plastic and then cut out.

We have black walnut trees in our yard

so this time of year there are tons of crows that come to feast on the fallen nuts ..
Watching the crows and listening to them all day inspired me to fill my porch with crows and a couple of rats.

I buy a few crows at the Dollar Tree every year ..

and this year they had great rats!

Black spray paint and old cages.

I got the chandelier at a yard sale for $3.00 and sprayed it black.

Ooops!...Sorry, I posted this twice
and I don't know how to delete pictures...lol

BIRTHDAYS

January, February and March are our "birthday months" ... We have so many birthdays at this time of the year that it makes your head spin ... Although every single one of them is so important, we sometimes just can't celebrate each one like we should .. But we all know we are special and that we are loved by our big family.

There have been all kinds of parties and celebrations, some are big and some may be having pizza at our local pizza place ..but we always have fun.

One of the celebrations that stands out in our family memories is the one where my son-in-law invited about 20 people over for an early brunch since my dauther Jennifer works nights he knew she would be sleeping ... he had us all stand around her bed and outside their big picture window were everyone could look in and she could see everyone outside. ...Well, she woke up to a bunch of "fire crackers" that he lit outside the window... Oh yeah! ...It was not pretty when she jumped up out of a dead sleep ... Saying .."what the hell"!!!! along with a few other words #@%$$#&**##@!!!! .. especially when she raealized that there were 15 people standing around her bed.. she wanted to kill her dear hubby ..but she laughed and has never forgotten her 40th birthday ......So that tells you what kind of a family we have ... there's always something that is good for a laugh ...and it makes for great dinner stories.... So I am saying ....* HAPPY BIRTHDAY* to all of us who will be or has been celebrating a birthday .... I love you all ..and I am blessed. :^)

So that gives you an idea of what kind of a family we are ...

A Birthday Gift From Louie & Yoly

A GIFT FROM RITA

What a wonderful surprise I got today when the postman left a package at my door! .. I was having a regular day doing what I do ..then I found a package on my porch .. I had no idea who it was from .. then I saw that it was from my niece Rita Reade ..I can't tell you how thrilled I was shen I saw what she had sent me ..."A beautiful bag full of trinkets" ....I just love every single thing in the bag and the bag is a treasure in itself .. and guess what? .. It's not even my birthday!... I don't think I've ever gotten a gift in the mail for no reason at all .. and don't you just love getting packages in the mail? .. Thank you soo much Rita for all the beautiful things and for making my day soo special... I love you ... Hugz ...Tia Betty

Yard sale weekend

Last Saturday was a city wide yard sale in a near by beach town called Morro Bay ...it's about a 15 minute drive from our town ...I went with two of my daughters, Julie and Jennifer. ..They picked me up at 6:30 am ...we wanted to be the "early birds" so we could get the best "prizes" ..of course everyone else had the same idea ... Tina, our oldest daughter also followed in her car with cousin Pam ... we had to take two cars to have enough room for our treasures ... good thing we did take two cars because they were both 'packed' when we came home ... It was such a fun day. One of the things I bought was a service for 12 set of Spring looking dishes .. but when I put them on my table they just 'didn't work for me' ..so Tina is going to try to sell them at her yard sale next weekend.... You can't win them all.